Journal of the American Dietetic Association articles from March 1999

Journal of the American Dietetic Association archives from March 1999

Shaping health policy, influencing policy makers.(American Dietetic Association)
March 1, 1999... As I write this, President Clinton's impeachment trial is underway in the Senate. After more than a year, the whole matter could - we can hope - be resolved by the time you read this, and the federal government could be getting back to the...

Commission report signals the future look of Medicare.(National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare)
March 1, 1999... The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA), which established the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare, ensures solvency of the Medicare Part A trust fund (federal insurance coverage for inpatient care) for the next 10 years....

Setting up a library book box: a how-to for dietetics professionals.
March 1, 1999... Today's public libraries aren't simply places where children can research their homework or where avid readers can find the latest novel by National Book Award-winner Alice McDermott. Libraries can also be the one place in a community where the...

Past, present, and future perspectives of dietetics practice.
March 1, 1999... The dietetics profession faces unparalleled challenge in the 21st century. The health care field is changing, demographics are shifting, and nutrition sciences and technologies are becoming increasingly complex. Future success rests on a...

Influence of obesity on immune function.
March 1, 1999... Obesity has been linked with a wide variety of health problems including hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus, certain forms of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and gallstones (1). Clinical and epidemiologic data also indicate that the...

Behavioral and body size correlates of energy intake underreporting by obese and normal-weight women.
March 1, 1999... An evaluation of 37 dietary studies of free-living subjects with respect to energy intake reporting demonstrated that dietary assessment methods, both retrospective and prospective, have a strong bias toward underestimation of habitual energy...

Life-course events and experiences: association with fruit and vegetable consumption in 3 ethnic groups.
March 1, 1999... Life events and experiences are hypothesized to have a long-lasting influence on food choice (1-3). The life-course perspective highlights continuity and change across the life span, through trajectories or patterns of dietary behavior over...

Indicators of nutritional risk in a rural elderly Hispanic and non-Hispanic white population: San Luis Valley Health and Aging Study.
March 1, 1999... Many of the chronic medical conditions commonly seen in the elderly (eg, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, diabetes, gastrointestinal conditions, and dementia) have nutritional causes as well as nutritional consequences, such as restricted diet...

Evaluation of food label nutrition intervention for women with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
March 1, 1999... Nutrition therapy is an essential component of successful diabetes management. Food selection affects the nutrient and energy content of the diet and the metabolic control of levels of glycated hemoglobin, blood glucose, lipids, and blood...

New strategies for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.(diabetes mellitus)
March 1, 1999... The most prevalent type of diabetes in North America, type 2, is estimated to affect more than 16 million people, with approximately 5.4 million of these being undiagnosed (1,2). Many people with undiagnosed type 2 diabetes may be identified by...

Daily boron intake from the American diet.
March 1, 1999... Two expert scientific committees have concluded that boron is a probable essential element: A World Health Organization Expert Committee on Trace Elements in Human Nutrition declared that boron is "probably essential" (1), and participants at a...

Can ready-to-eat cereal solve common nutritional problems in child-care menus?
March 1, 1999... Serving more cereal is a simple prescription for strengthening child-care facility menus and helping to achieve the national Healthy People 2000 goal of having "90 percent of child-care programs with menus that are consistent with the Dietary...

Acceptability of fruit purees in peanut butter, oatmeal, and chocolate chip reduced-fat cookies.
March 1, 1999... Incidence of certain chronic diseases is associated with high-fat diets (1). Despite the recommendation to reduce dietary fat (2) and the recommendation to increase use of fat-modified products, the fat consumption of people in the United...

Marjorie M. Donnelly: 1919-1999.(The American Dietetic Association president)
March 1, 1999... Marjorie Morrison Donnelly, MS, RD, 1970-1971 president of The American Dietetic Association (ADA), passed away on January 4, 1999, in Raleigh, NC. She will be remembered as a nutritionist who was dedicated to educating children and adults...

Facing the future: ADA's 1998 environmental scan.(includes list of trends affecting the dietetics profession)(The American Dietetic Association)
March 1, 1999... Imagine yourself in a lifeboat, in a heavy surf, trying to make it to the shore. If you don't see the waves coming, they can swamp you. But if you do, you prepare yourself for them and you can ride them. It is the same with trends. If you don't...

Medical nutrition therapy protocols: an introduction.
March 1, 1999... Medical nutrition therapy (MNT) protocols are a plan or set of steps, developed through a consultative process by experts and practitioners, that incorporates current professional knowledge and available research. Protocols clearly define the...

Overview of gluten-sensitive enteropathy (celiac sprue).(genetic disease)
March 1, 1999... Gluten-sensitive enteropathy (GSE), also known as celiac sprue or celiac disease, is an inheritable disease linked to genetically transmitted histocompatibility cell antigens. It is estimated that 1 in 2,000 to 2,500 people carry the diagnosis,...

The Heart and Lung in Obesity.(Review)
March 1, 1999... Edited by Martin A. AlperT, MD, and James K. Alexander, MD, New York, NY: Futura Publishing Company; 1998. Hardcover. Pp 253. Price: $81. ISBN 0-87993-685-1 The intent of the editors of The Heart and Lung in Obesity was to provide a...